CVE-2009-4073

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
The printing functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to discover a local pathname, and possibly a local username, by reading the dc:title element of a PDF document that was generated from a local web page.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-4073
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2009-11-24T17:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-23T15:12:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://securethoughts.com/2009/11/millions-of-pdf-invisibly-embedded-with-your-internal-disk-paths/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/23/internet_explorer_file_disclosure_bug/
http://secunia.com/advisories/37362
http://osvdb.org/60504
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12355
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508010/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4073
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4073
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:53:07 Added to TrackCVE